Denver Post sports columnist TODD PHIPERS died on
Wednesday after battling cancer since last fall. He was 58
(DENVER POST, 2/11)....JAY LENO will drive the Chevrolet
Monte Carlo pace car at the start of the Indy 500 on May 30
(Mult., 2/12)....The PADRES will announce today that they
have invited GARTH BROOKS to spring training for a tryout
with the MLB club. Padres Owner John Moores: "He's got an
athletic build and a big pair of wheels" (AP, 2/12).
...Boston Globe columnist DAN SHAUGHNESSY paid $1,050 in a
live auction at the GENESIS FUND CELEBRITY SKI CLASSIC for a
night with three guests at Fenway Park in an executive suite
with VP/GM DAN DUQUETTE. Shaughnessy: "There was only one
other serious bidder, and I still believe he was a Red Sox
plant" (BOSTON GLOBE, 2/11)...PRINCE MALIK ADO IBRAHIM, the
son of a Nigerian tribal king, has joined an investment bank
to buy controlling interest in the F-1 Arrows Grand Prix
team in a $125M deal. Ibrahim: "I can start a revolution
like TIGER WOODS did in golf. There's no reason why the next
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER can't be black" (AUTO WEEK, 2/11 issue).
